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Ideas of Anjan Chakravarrty, by Text
[Canadian, fl. 2007, Professor at the University of Toronto.]
2012
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Inessential Aristotle: Powers without Essences
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p.4
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Explanation of causal phenomena concerns essential kinds - but also lack of them
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p.4
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Some kinds, such as electrons, have essences, but 'cluster kinds' do not
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p.4
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A kind essence is the necessary and sufficient properties for membership of a class
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p.6
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Cluster kinds are explained simply by sharing some properties, not by an 'essence'
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p.9
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Powers give explanations, without being necessary for some class membership
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p.10
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Many causal laws do not refer to kinds, but only to properties
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